[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR921.33]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 

                               OF COMMERCE

 

PART 921_NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE SYSTEM REGULATIONS--Table 

of Contents

 

         Subpart D_Reserve Designation and Subsequent Operation

 

Sec. 921.33  Boundary changes, amendments to the management plan, and 

addition of multiple-site components.



    (a) Changes in the boundary of a Reserve and major changes to the 

final management plan, including state laws or regulations promulgated 

specifically for the Reserve, may be made only after written approval by 

NOAA. NOAA may require public notice, including notice in the Federal 

Register and an opportunity for public comment before approving a 

boundary or management plan change. Changes in the boundary of a Reserve 

involving the acquisition of properties not listed in the management 

plan or final EIS require public notice and the opportunity for comment; 

in certain cases, a categorical exclusion, an environmental assessment 

and possibly an environmental impact statement may be required.



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NOAA will place a notice in the Federal Register of any proposed changes 

in Reserve boundaries or proposed major changes to the final management 

plan. The state shall be responsible for publishing an equivalent notice 

in the local media. See also requirements of Sec. Sec. 921.4(b) and 

921.13(a)(11).

    (b) As discussed in Sec. 921.10(b), a state may choose to develop a 

multiple-site National Estuarine Research Reserve after the initial 

acquisition and development award for a single site has been made. NOAA 

will publish notice of the proposed new site including an invitation for 

comments from the public in the Federal Register. The state shall be 

responsible for publishing an equivalent notice in the local 

newspaper(s). An EIS, if required, shall be prepared in accordance with 

section Sec. 921.13 and shall include an administrative framework for 

the multiple-site Reserve and a description of the complementary 

research and educational programs within the Reserve. If NOAA 

determines, based on the scope of the project and the issues associated 

with the additional site(s), that an environmental assessment is 

sufficient to establish a multiple-site Reserve, then the state shall 

develop a revised management plan which, concerning the additional 

component, incorporates each of the elements described in Sec. 

921.13(a). The revised management plan shall address goals and 

objectives for all components of the multi-site Reserve and the 

additional component's relationship to the original site(s).

    (c) The state shall revise the management plan for a Reserve at 

least every five years, or more often if necessary. Management plan 

revisions are subject to (a) above.

    (d) NOAA will approve boundary changes, amendments to management 

plans, or the addition of multiple-site components, by notice in the 

Federal Register. If necessary NOAA will revise the designation document 

(findings) for the site.